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A pioneer son at sea : fishing tales of old Florida / Gilbert L. Voss ; edited by Robert S. Voss.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Voss, Gilbert L., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fishing--Florida--History--Anecdotes.
- Fishing.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (129 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2016]
- Summary:
- Long before tourism dominated Florida's coastline, the state was home to dozens of commercial fisheries and ethnically diverse communities of rugged individuals who made their living from the sea. In A Pioneer Son at Sea , Gilbert Voss, a celebrated marine biologist, recounts his early days of fishing on both coasts of the peninsula during the Great Depression and World War II. Here are vanished scenes from old Florida, almost unimaginable to modern residents of the state: gill-netting for mackerel off Jupiter, the early days of charterboat fishing for sailfish out of Stuart and Boynton, the snapper fleet at Carrabelle, sponge-diving at Tarpon Springs, the oyster fishery at Crystal River, and mullet fishing from airboats at Flamingo. Oversized personalities inhabit these pages, including Voss's brothers, who were themselves seminal figures in the early days of Florida big-game fishing. Voss's anecdotes feature Crackers, rum runners, murderers, Conchs, wealthy industrialists, now-legendary charterboatmen, Greek spongers, and Cuban vivero captains. These stories are not just spirited portraits of fishermen from a bygone era, they are also remarkable tales of the formative years in the life of a scientist and conservationist who later worked tirelessly to preserve our dwindling marine resources.
- Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; 1. Prohis and Fish Wardens; 2. "Power in de hold, mon!"; 3. Cap Knight and the Bear; 4. The Cast-Netters; 5. Snapper Fishermen; 6. Tight Lines!; 7. The Crooked Greeks; 8. The Viveros; 9. Crystal River Oystermen; 10. Cedar Key; 11. Filimingo, by God; Afterword; Acknowledgments; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8130-5959-3
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